Example sentences of "not [adj] [to-vb] [art] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not cost-effective to pursue the development of a full information model ( ie showing communication links ) using a flat-file database . |
| 2 | She was not sorry to see the back of Lazar Farm this time . |
| 3 | It is not pleasant to read the account of the plot got up to entice Forster 's boyfriend Bob Buckingham away from his wife , and not difficult to agree with PC Daley 's description of the Forster circle as ‘ pimps ’ . |
| 4 | It is an integral part of modern culture that it is simply not possible to envisage a model of freedom , including that abstraction needed for the achievement of equality , which would not have as one of its component parts the tendency towards alienation . |
| 5 | If , as Parsons puts it , there can never be an id-impulse as such for the individual , since it must always be seen as part of the expressive symbolism of a common culture , then it is not possible to envisage the possibility of someone being in conflict with their society 's common culture . |
| 6 | It 's simply not possible to form an opinion on it . ’ |
| 7 | Although it was not possible to evaluate the completeness of the sickness absence records directly , the records were used for pay purposes and were therefore likely to be complete for most participants . |
| 8 | But it is not possible to reconcile the freedom of individual countries to tax with the freedom of capital movement within the Community . |
| 9 | It is not possible to control the part of an index track that is read first . |
| 10 | ‘ It is not possible to draw a line between human and human and say some do and some do not have the right to life , ’ he said . |
| 11 | It was also not possible to correlate the motility of the exercise periods durng the recording as patients were not subjected to any strenuous form of exercise during the recordings . |
| 12 | The spacing of such steps on pointe is so minute and so fast that it is not possible to see the change of feet as one succeeds the other . |
| 13 | In horses , although a history of donkey contact and clinical signs may be suggestive of D. arnfieldi infection , it is often not possible to confirm a diagnosis by demonstrating larvae in the faeces . |
| 14 | In consequence , it is not possible to define a rate of return on a futures contract , and some other type of analysis must be used which does not require the use of the sum invested . |
| 15 | If it is not possible to define the idea of numerical identity in terms of the criteria of re-identification , surely the idea of a plurality of particulars similarly can not be defined in terms of the criteria under which such particulars are differentiated from each other . |
| 16 | It is therefore not possible to set a theoretical limit to society 's power to use law to enforce moral rules , i.e. it is not possible to define an area of morality into which the criminal law may not under any circumstances intervene . |
| 17 | It is not possible to explain the reasoning behind the proposals or their details in this leaflet — these are in the Plan itself . |
| 18 | 10.6 Where , exceptionally , the Director of Social Work considers that it is not possible to redeploy the employee within the Department , the full circumstances of the case will be forwarded to the Personnel Manager who will circulate details to other Heads of Department , in an appropriately confidential manner , with a view to identifying suitable vacancies for the employee in question . |
| 19 | It is not possible to create a hierarchy of our artistic fields as we are living as Blackwomen in the aftermath of slavery and imperialism . |
| 20 | Although this is a well identified relationship it is not possible to state the nature of the relationship . |
| 21 | It was not possible to give a home to all , so how could he pick out one or two ? |
| 22 | This also means that it is not possible to compare the dissociation from isolated GC sites with that from clusters of such sites which may be stabilised by cooperative interaction . |
| 23 | For larger molecules it is not possible to disentangle the information about the electronic ground state from that relating to the excited state . |
| 24 | It is not possible to evade the prohibition of asphyxiating , poisonous and other gases simply by calling the weapons ‘ control agents and herbicides ’ . |
| 25 | Clearly , it is not possible to undertake a search within the time allowed and it , therefore , becomes necessary for any relevant information to have been ingathered in course of pre-litigation investigation so that it is available on the insurance file . |
| 26 | It is not possible to put a figure on the costs . |
| 27 | If it is not possible to attend a back to nursing course there are various distance learning packages available which can be studied successfully at home . |
| 28 | The same is true of parts : it is not possible to divide an entity into only one part ( although it is possible to divide an entity into parts which are not lexically discriminated — see chapter 7 ) . |
| 29 | I understand the reply that you gave my Hon. Friend the Member for Walsall , North ( Mr. Winnick ) , but is it not possible to ask the Leader of the House , who is present , when we will have a statement about Mr. Rushdie and the ayatollah 's decision ? |
| 30 | In these ordered relationships it is not possible to alter the order of the clauses . |